I have to get in the Can't Do It Line with Barry, Kev, Dave and anyone else who came before us. I was gonna try. I wanted to just shout "Geronimo" but when I started studying the list I realized I'd have to shout "Oh sh*t!" and gave up!

Very good albums: A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, and The White Album.

Good albums: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Beatles For Sale, and Let It Be.

I don't take Yellow Submarine into account because it's just half a Beatles album.

That's a pretty good division. Although in doing my list I avoided trying to come up with a concept of what was better and just listed the ones I generally preferred. As others have said, there is such little between their albums that's it's very hard to make a sensible ranking. And the different styles make it harder. Abbey Road is a totally different beast to Hard Days night. And Sgt Pepper is different to all the other Beatle albums. Very hard to sensibly compare in a "best" sense.

That Excellent/VG/Good list doesn't really recognise the impact of each LP at the time.

If it did, the most successful LP in terms of weeks at No. 1 in the UK, 'Please Please Me', would not be in the lower category and, given the mania that surrounded their first film, neither would 'A Hard Day's Night'.

Also in Britain, though probably not in the States, I think 'Sgt. Pepper's' would now be more likely to be in the 'very good' rather than the 'excellent' list.

Finally got round to do this properly and, of course, it is heavily reliant on what I like right now.

1. A Hard Day's Night (propelled up many places by the anniversary and the re-release of the film)2. With The Beatles (picked up on CD for £2 a month ago, forgot how great it is)3. Please Please Me4. Revolver5. White Album6. Beatles For Sale (this will inevitably move up on the 50th anniversary as I plan to get a new CD of it on that day) 7. Let It Be8. Abbey Road9. Help!10. Rubber Soul11. Sgt. Pepper's12. Yellow Submarine

Despite Sgt. Pepper's being so low, I still think it's better than anything in the last 42 years.

Yep, going to put 'Beatles For Sale' at No. 1 for the time being, and all the others can drop down a place.

I find it incredible that, with the exception of 'Yellow Submarine', and even then I bet some kids love it because of the film, a case can be made for pretty much any of their albums being the best one.